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Monodies and On the Relics of Saints: The Autobiography and a Manifesto of a French Monk from theTime of the Crusades (Penguin Classics) Paperback - 2011
by of Nogent, Guibert
- New
- Paperback
The first Western autobiography since Augustine's Confessions, the Monodies is set against the backdrop of the First Crusade and offers stunning insights into medieval society. As Guibert of Nogent intimately recounts his early years, monastic life, and the bloody uprising at Laon in 1112, we witness a world-and a mind-populated by royals, heretics, nuns, witches, and devils, and come to understand just how fervently he was preoccupied with sin, sexuality, the afterlife, and the dark arts. Exotic, disquieting, and illuminating, the Monodies is a work in which the dreams, fears, and superstitions of one man illuminate the psychology of an entire people. It is joined in this volume by On the Relics of Saints, a theological manifesto that has never appeared in English until now.
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- Title Monodies and On the Relics of Saints: The Autobiography and a Manifesto of a French Monk from theTime of the Crusades (Penguin Classics)
- Author of Nogent, Guibert
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 2nd Printing
- Condition New
- Pages 400
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Publishing Group, London
- Date 2011-09-27
- Features Price on Product - Canadian
- Bookseller's Inventory # SKU0625144
- ISBN 9780143106302 / 0143106309
- Weight 0.59 lbs (0.27 kg)
- Dimensions 7.75 x 5.09 x 0.7 in (19.69 x 12.93 x 1.78 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Religious Orientation: Christian
- Library of Congress subjects Relics, Jesus Christ - Relics
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011030054
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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The first Western autobiography since Augustine's Confessions, the Monodies is set against the backdrop of the First Crusade and offers stunning insights into medieval society. As Guibert of Nogent intimately recounts his early years, monastic life, and the bloody uprising at Laon in 1112, we witness a world-and a mind-populated by royals, heretics, nuns, witches, and devils, and come to understand just how fervently he was preoccupied with sin, sexuality, the afterlife, and the dark arts. Exotic, disquieting, and illuminating, the Monodies is a work in which the dreams, fears, and superstitions of one man illuminate the psychology of an entire people. It is joined in this volume by On the Relics of Saints, a theological manifesto that has never appeared in English until now.